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| Author: | markos [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:38 pm ] |
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Yes, I know it's not exactly "usable" by us, but still it's nice to know that PowerPC (or rather POWER) is again in the lead: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/27 ... pc_server/ |
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| Author: | ironfist [ Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:32 am ] |
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One mean and expensive super computer.. However, this one doesn't really help us. POWER and PowerPC aren't' exactly binary compatible, AFAIK? |
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| Author: | ojn [ Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:07 am ] |
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Quote: However, this one doesn't really help us. POWER and
They are. PowerPC is the "old" name for POWER.
PowerPC aren't' exactly binary compatible, AFAIK? |
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| Author: | ironfist [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:58 am ] |
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Is it? AFAIK the MPC970 was a remake of the POWER4. PowerPC and POWER has lived side-by-side for many years. |
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| Author: | markos [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:24 am ] |
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Quote: Is it? AFAIK the MPC970 was a remake of the POWER4.
PPC970, MPC is usually Motorola/Freescale's prefix :)And you're right it was based on the POWER4. Quote:
PowerPC and POWER has lived side-by-side for many years.
True. POWER actually preceded PowerPC. But all the recent POWER cpus are more or less binary compatible or can run common code -ie not specifically compiled for a particular architecture- but conforming to the PowerPC ISA.
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